Erni Di Massa

former producer and writer for “The Mike Douglas Show”

Erni Di Massa on KCRW

John Lennon and Yoko Ono hosted the “Mike Douglas Show” for a week in 1972, using it to discuss women’s liberation, peace, and inclusion. But Richard Nixon saw it as a threat.

Lennon and Ono hosting ‘Mike Douglas Show’ was peak of ‘60s counterculture

John Lennon and Yoko Ono hosted the “Mike Douglas Show” for a week in 1972, using it to discuss women’s liberation, peace, and inclusion. But Richard Nixon saw it as a threat.

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